It's a bit primitive but you could issue the 'id' shell command via
NSTask and scan the reply for '80(admin)'.
It's also needlessly convoluted. The 'id' command isn't using
magic. There are library functions and system calls for this.
See:
man getgroups
man getegid
-- GG
On 15 May 2009, at 22:05, iseecolors wrote:
This looks perfect, except (and I hate to say this), I need a
solution that works on 10.4 too.
Thank you for all the help.
Rich Collyer
It's a bit primitive but you could issue the 'id' shell command via
NSTask and scan the reply for '80(admin
On 15 May 2009, at 20:15, iseecolors wrote:
Actually the only reason I want to know is that tech support wants
to know when a user calls in.
I just want to place some text in the UI, so that indicates whether
the user has admin rights or not.
Rich
Try the Identity Services Programming
This looks perfect, except (and I hate to say this), I need a solution
that works on 10.4 too.
Thank you for all the help.
Rich Collyer
On May 15, 2009, at 12:38 PM, jonat...@mugginsoft.com wrote:
On 15 May 2009, at 20:15, iseecolors wrote:
Actually the only reason I want to know is that
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Ken Thomases wrote:
>> In this case, I *think* Directory Services can help. I may be wrong.
>> Worth a search, though.
>
> Or possibly the new Identity Services API.
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Networking/Conceptual/IdentityServices_ProgGuide/Introdu
On May 15, 2009, at 2:21 PM, I. Savant wrote:
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:15 PM, iseecolors
wrote:
Actually the only reason I want to know is that tech support wants
to know
when a user calls in.
I just want to place some text in the UI, so that indicates whether
the user
has admin rights
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:15 PM, iseecolors wrote:
> Actually the only reason I want to know is that tech support wants to know
> when a user calls in.
>
> I just want to place some text in the UI, so that indicates whether the user
> has admin rights or not.
In this case, I *think* Directory S
Actually the only reason I want to know is that tech support wants to
know when a user calls in.
I just want to place some text in the UI, so that indicates whether
the user has admin rights or not.
Rich
On May 15, 2009, at 12:02 PM, Kyle Sluder wrote:
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 2:33 PM, ise
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 2:33 PM, iseecolors wrote:
> I am looking for how to determine if a given user is allowed to Administer
> the host computer or not. I am guessing that there is something similar to
> CFPreferencesCopyValue or NSUserName that I can use to determine this
> information.
Don'
I am looking for how to determine if a given user is allowed to
Administer the host computer or not. I am guessing that there is
something similar to CFPreferencesCopyValue or NSUserName that I can
use to determine this information.
Any hints ?
Rich Collyer
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